St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-03

main on file as his vindication in that
department, and whenever called for,
with the ten public buildings erected
during the four years and over of his
term of office, would stand and remain
as answers to the assaults which had
been made.
at has been rumOred that you have
returned to New Hampshire and re-
sumed your political connections there"
''This is mistake" said the gov
ernOr. 'When l accepted the appoint
ment as governor of Dakota it was with
great reluctance that | relinguiShed all
my political connections in my native
state. l had been elected to the lower
house three times, to the constitutional
convention, and to the state senate, and
had also received very fiattering vote
for a nomination to congress in the dis
trict in which resided; all within five
years before accepted the Dakota gov
ernOrShip. But when l became the eX-
ecutiye officer of this most important
territory l conceived it to be my duty to
vote at YanktOn at the first election and
also at subsequent elections, in order to
help
WIPE OUT THE STAIN OF REPUTATION
which YanktOn county, being the then
seat of government, had in a measure
L
not take part in any purely political
contests. The leading men at Yankton
convinced me pretty early that the ter
ritOry might be better represented in
congress than it then was, and what
ever influence | eXerted at the Grand
Forks convention which nominated
Delegate Raymond, whether wisely or
unwisely eXerted, was due to the
strongly drawn pictures requiring a
change in that Office from the YanktOn
people, who, however, in few months
afterwards joined hands with those they
had aided Raymond to defeat at Grand
Forks, in an unrelenting crusade against
an executive who had been instrumental
in giving YanktOn a fine public build
ing, had aided largely in relieving the
sufferers by the floods on the Missouri,
and who had spent time and money to
secure an adjustment of the repudiated
bonded debts, which adjustment placed
the city and county on the road to tinan-
cial prosperity and removed forever the
stain of reputation.
My connection as a director in two
National banks i'll Dakota, and with
Eastern capital being invested in the
territory, has rendered the continuance
of my residence in Dakota, although
engaged in different enterprises outside
of it, not only desirable but necessary;
and under the constitution of New
Hampshire l would not be eligible to
my old seat in the state senate until l
had returned there and lived there con-
secutively for seven years. 1t will thus
be seen that
1 MADE SOME SACRIFICES
by becoming a citizen of the territory at
once and continuing my citizenship. in
of hnIHInn i'm
and retaining my political residence in
New Hampshire. which / might have
done-but perhaps if had done so, the
term 'cdrpet-bagger' might have had
some significance in my case.
"While governor of Dakota and eXer-
ciSing more or less political power did
nothing looking to political preferment
in the territory after my term of office
ceased, and certainly have done nothing
since which ought to arouse jealousy or
provoke political antagOnisms."
In answer to the question as to what
he thought the chances were for Secur-
ing action for opening the Sioux reser-
walton, the governor said that discreet
and judiciouS presentation of a treaty
with the Indians similar to the Dawes
bill, pure and simple, for opening pOr-
tons of the reservation to immediate
settlement, would be favOrably acted
upon by both houses, but it would not
do to load any measure for opening the
reservation with amendments affecting
private interests beyond what would re-
suit under the general laws.
''Shall you remain in Washington this
winter, and assist in securing early and
favorable action tor opening the Sioux
reservations
Eyes: | expect to be in Washington
most of the time, although l may be in
Dakota the first part of the session; but
whenever | am in Washington meritori
Gus measures affecting Dakota, like the
Sioux reservation bill. and. in fact, any
thing that will help the people of the
territory will always have my warm and
earnest assistance"